The Value of Socialized Medicine: The Impact of Universal Primary Healthcare Provision on Mortality Rates in Turkey

Resul Cesur, Pınar Mine Güneş, Erdal Tekin, Aydogan Ulker

NBER Working Paper No. 21510
Issued in August 2015, Revised in May 2017

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Previously circulated as "The Value of Socialized Medicine: The Impact of Universal Primary Healthcare Provision on Birth and Mortality Rates in Turkey." We thank Dr. Emel Ergün Seyit for providing insights about the operational details of the family medicine program. We also thank Bulent Anil and seminar participants at the University of Connecticut, University of Alberta, University of Manitoba, University of South Florida, Yasar University, Izmir University of Economics, Ghent University, European Society for Population Economics in Turkey, TUSIAD-KOC ERF Conference on Health, Education and Worker Productivity in Turkey, Western Economic Association International Conference in Singapore, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference in United Kingdom for their helpful comments and suggestions. Erdal Tekin gratefully acknowledges support from the Gary and Stacey Jacobs Fellowship. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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